Federal Reserve Zoom Call Interrupted By Porn Spamming

Federal Reserve governor Christopher J. Waller was scheduled to speak during a conference call with Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America (MBCA) last week. However, Mr. Waller could not talk about 2023’s economic outlook and inflation because someone managed to get into the Zoom meeting and started spamming pornographic material.

According to stories on PC Mag and Yahoo! News, there were over 200 people on the Zoom call when a user named Dan took control of the apps sharing tool and started to upload photos of a sexual nature. Maybe Dan was in the right meeting, and the other 200+ folks accidentally joined the wrong call. It happens to me all the time.

Within minutes of Dan blowing his load, so to speak, MBCA had terminated the teleconference calling the reason “technical difficulties.”

The executive director of MBCA, Brent Tjarks, commented on the awkward event saying, “We were a victim of a teleconference or Zoom hijacking, and we are trying to understand what we need to do going forward to prevent this from ever happening again. It is an incident we deeply regret. We have had various programs and this is something we have never had happen to us.”

Thankfully, Zoom condemned “Dan” for being a naughty boy. Whether or not the Justice Department will investigate the event and charge someone in the hijacking hijinx is unclear. What is certain is that MBCA and the Federal Reserve won’t allow anyone to screen share without permission in the future.

Like Microsoft Teams and other teleconference apps, Zoom is susceptible to attacks and unintentional oversharing. But, thanks to people being unaware of their mics being unmuted or their webcams being turned on, coworkers all over the globe have gotten to see and hear things they wish they hadn’t. Well, unless you’re a pervert, then you’re grateful for these embarrassing gaffs.